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control of plant diseases

...incorporate green manure, such as alfalfa, into the soil. Saprophytic microorganisms feed on the green manure, depriving potential pathogens of available nitrogen. Another practice is to make use of
suppressive soils—those in which a pathogen is known to persist but causes little damage to the crop. A likely explanation for this phenomenon is that
suppressive soils harbour antagonists that...